Shawn Hardegree

This image is a part of the Symphonies series. This untitled image is oil on canvas, the interlocking of paint and the movement excites m...

Today I walked into my studio and saw my Hans Hofmann book. His influence on me was big. The way he connects and interlocks paint you fee...

During this Painting a Day in the Month of May, I have also been adding more to this large oil on canvas. This piece has been sitting and...

Another watercolor that I finished during this Painting a Day in the Month of May. This piece is larger than the others, it is 11 by 8in....

Another image from my Orchestration series that I started and finished today. I have been listening to Miles Davis a lot lately. During f...

During, Painting a Day in the Month of May. I found some of the Orchestration series pieces that I had not finished. They are on watercol...

Another observation of a beer can. A little fun thing to paint and its quick ad direct.

He called me "SNOOPY", when I would crawl up in his truck. He pissed in a milk jug when we were out driving in that truck. We fished and ...

This painting was a larger version of, Richter Candles. However, this image is 12 by 12 oil on canvas. This piece was done for the head o...

NASCAR is back. During COVID all sports have been postpone. UFC was the first live sport to come back. NASCAR went to IRACING which is si...

During this painting a day there have been a few pieces I have started that have taking more than a day. This is a watercolor based off o...

Sacrifice..........

So what happen today on Mother's Day we call a "God", wink at school. All of the images or ideas for The Painting a Day, I ask to come to...

Another image that I realized doesn't lend itself to a quick interpretation. Its layered and its detailed parts are not quick. Its layere...

Since the invention of the camera there has been the conversation that painting is dead. I have spent a lot of my adult life studying an ...

May 7th was a Super Moon. I took multiple photos and started a painting that night. However I realized that this style of atmosphere and ...

Rembrandt, this is short and sweet. I just wanted to do a quick expressionistic painting based on one of my major influences. Learned a l...

Line, gesture and a test ! Oil and Dry Point. This piece is based on an idea I have. My daughter has been studying ballet for 3 years now...

Vangogh, Orwell & 2020 During the last few weeks the book of Isaiah keeps coming up in my life. I have been re-reading, "Letters to Theo"...

This is a start to a journey of a painting a day in the month of May. With commentary as well! Art serves to establish community, it link...